Letter of Hernando de Sato, and Memoir of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda / tr. from the Spanish, by Buckingham Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soto, Hernando de, ca. 1500-1542.

Contributor:

Escalante Fontaneda, Hernando d'.

Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565-1763.

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 p. ) map ;

Place of Publication:

Washington : [Priv. print.], 1854.

Contents:

Letter from Hernando de Soto, in Florida, to the justice and board of magistrates in Santiago de Cuba. July 9th, 1539

Memoir of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, respecting Florida. Written in Spain, about the year 1575

Notes by the translator

Espiritu Santo Bay [a comparative statement of authorities relating to De Soto]

Titles of books and other original writings that treat of the expedition of Soto.

Notes:

"One hundred copies have been printed for G.W. R[iggs]"

Translated transcripts of documents in the archives at Simancas, attested by Muñoz and preserved in the Lenex library.

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Sabin no. 87205.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG10125774-B

OCLC:

85800409